 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 216 σελίδες
...notice, his works must be perused with very close attention. his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
 | 1900 - 492 σελίδες
..."Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons : but none of his prefaces...cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little is gay; what is great is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 420 σελίδες
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 412 σελίδες
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - 1903 - 456 σελίδες
...never been surpassed by any of those who have succeeded him. His clauses are never balanced, nor his periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance,...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little is gay ; what is great is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1903 - 218 σελίδες
...first naif dl the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modeled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls...cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay; and what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - 1907 - 524 σελίδες
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were...cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - 1908 - 328 σελίδες
...have rarely been surpassed by those who have succeeded him. His clauses are never balanced, nor his periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance,...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous : what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 σελίδες
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were...other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modeled, every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 σελίδες
...first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modeled. every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls...cold or languid: the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
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They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is... 
